Obama’s minions leak secrets about major covert operation against Russia.

seriously, does anyone really believe anything the post prints? the post is like the slime and the journal-demorat propaganda machines.

If true, the third paragraph contains a ticking time bomb:

Early last August, an envelope with extraordinary handling restrictions arrived at the White House. Sent by courier from the CIA, it carried “eyes only” instructions that its contents be shown to just four people: President Barack Obama and three senior aides.

Inside was an intelligence bombshell, a report drawn from sourcing deep inside the Russian government that detailed Russian President Vladi­mir Putin’s direct involvement in a cyber campaign to disrupt and discredit the U.S. presidential race.

But it went further. The intelligence captured Putin’s specific instructions on the operation’s audacious objectives — defeat or at least damage the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, and help elect her opponent, Donald Trump.

You can bet your bottom dollar that Robert Mueller’s legal team will be seeking testimony and evidence to determine the truth of that—which was probably the entire point of the leak. A lot of people don’t yet seem to be willing to understand what the full implications could be: Namely, that we might have a president who was essentially put in office by the Russians.

@SouthernRoots, #5:

All for political reasons, just because the annointed Democrat didn’t win. If he investigates anything, Mueller should investigate the leakers as they are far more of a thret to national security than is Trump.

Do you recall this comment, from the classic Cold War Era movie, Dr. Strangelove?

Or how about this one?

We might want to consider what the Washington Post article has said in that context.

“We will continue to take a variety of actions at a time and place of our choosing, some of which will not be publicized,” he said in a statement released by the White House.

He was referring, in part, to a cyber operation that was designed to be detected by Moscow but not cause significant damage, officials said. The operation, which entailed implanting computer code in sensitive computer systems that Russia was bound to find, served only as a reminder to Moscow of the United States’ cyber reach.

But Obama also signed the secret finding, officials said, authorizing a new covert program involving the NSA, CIA and U.S. Cyber Command.

Obama declined to comment for this article, but a spokesman issued a statement: “This situation was taken extremely seriously, as is evident by President Obama raising this issue directly with President Putin; 17 intelligence agencies issuing an extraordinary public statement; our homeland security officials working relentlessly to bolster the cyber defenses of voting infrastructure around the country; the President directing a comprehensive intelligence review, and ultimately issuing a robust response including shutting down two Russian compounds, sanctioning nine Russian entities and individuals, and ejecting 35 Russian diplomats from the country.”

The cyber operation is still in its early stages and involves deploying “implants” in Russian networks deemed “important to the adversary and that would cause them pain and discomfort if they were disrupted,” a former U.S. official said.

The point being, we likely want the Russians to know about our capability for proportional cyber retaliation—otherwise that capability doesn’t serve as a deterrent. The quoted text indicates such capabilities exists, but the last paragraph leaves them guessing about the extent of it. It’s a well-crafted leak.

As has been mentioned before, geopolitics is a game of chess, not checkers. The same can be said for domestic politics.

@Greg: Hmm. Washington Post, National Security Secrets Leakers, secret authorized government misinformation partners, or secret authorized government “send a message” leakers…..

I’m still flipping a coin.

Hahahaha
Weak-kneed spin control in a lame attempt to cover Obama’s inaction. Liberals and their Moral Relativism and Situational Ethics really have zero integrity. Adolescent behavior from adolescent-minded individuals who embrace the adolescent ideology of Progressivism.

Russia was going to interfere with the election…until they found out Wasserman-Shultz was installing Hillary as the candidate.

Then they stopped and just said “Nevermind” (Heavy Russian Accent).

The hysteria of the left in the face of defeat and denial is, and Trump would say, “sad”.